Expert tips: eating for a gorgeous smile

It’s not so much the amount of sugary food and drink you enjoy, it’s how often you eat them.

You need to watch through the day consumption of snacks and drinks rather than worrying only about the sugars in your main meals.

Most fruit is acidic (especially citrus fruit). The acid will normally be neutralised by your saliva, but not if you have one snack after the other, so don’t eat constantly through the day.

Drink

Dental erosion is caused when the enamel on teeth is dissolved by fizzy drinks, juice, or even wine as these are acidic. ‘Sugar-free’ options are just as damaging, especially for your front teeth if you sip through the day from a glass or can.

The calcium in milk or cheese helps replace the calcium lost during these acid attacks.

Sugar in any drink will constantly refuel those nasty plaque bacteria that convert the sugar into acid leading to subsurface tooth loss, or decay.

3. Drink water as this helps reduce the amount of bacteria lingering in your mouth.

Tip: It’s true that chewing a sugar-free gum after you have eaten something will encourage saliva production and saliva helps neutralise acids left in your mouth, but it cannot replace a proper brushing and flossing regime twice a day.

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